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Tue, 31 Mar 2015 10:06:19 +0000en-UShourly1Supporters brave weather to March for Mothershttp://www.healthpovertyaction.org/news/march-for-mothers-greenwich-15/
http://www.healthpovertyaction.org/news/march-for-mothers-greenwich-15/#commentsMon, 30 Mar 2015 16:05:52 +0000http://www.healthpovertyaction.org/?p=15037On Sunday 29 March, a group of Health Poverty Action supporters braved the rain and descended upon Greenwich Park in south London to take part in March for Mothers – a 5km walk which aims to raise both awareness and […]

]]>http://www.healthpovertyaction.org/news/march-for-mothers-greenwich-15/feed/0Calling for drug policy reform – an updatehttp://www.healthpovertyaction.org/news/calling-drug-policy-reform-update/
http://www.healthpovertyaction.org/news/calling-drug-policy-reform-update/#commentsWed, 11 Mar 2015 16:46:14 +0000http://www.healthpovertyaction.org/?p=14993This week, Health Poverty Action is at the annual session of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND), a UN body responsible for supervising the world’s illicit drug control system. Right now, the CND is planning for next year’s special session of […]

]]>http://www.healthpovertyaction.org/news/calling-drug-policy-reform-update/feed/0How the War on Drugs is holding back women’s rightshttp://www.healthpovertyaction.org/news/war-drugs-holding-back-womens-rights/
http://www.healthpovertyaction.org/news/war-drugs-holding-back-womens-rights/#commentsFri, 06 Mar 2015 09:26:34 +0000http://www.healthpovertyaction.org/?p=14987One of the great strengths of International Women’s Day has always been that it encourages people to look at all aspects of women’s rights: not just blatant discrimination against women, but the economic and social factors that contribute to inequality. […]

]]>http://www.healthpovertyaction.org/news/war-drugs-holding-back-womens-rights/feed/0UCL Economist’s Society cook-off raises almost £300http://www.healthpovertyaction.org/news/ucl-economists-cook-off/
http://www.healthpovertyaction.org/news/ucl-economists-cook-off/#commentsWed, 04 Mar 2015 11:37:15 +0000http://www.healthpovertyaction.org/?p=14971On Monday 2 March, University College London’s Economist’s Society presented “Buy it, Cook it and Sell it” – The Great Economist’s Cook-Off in collaboration with Health Poverty Action. Students applied all the knowledge they had gained from classes into practice as they […]

]]>http://www.healthpovertyaction.org/news/ucl-economists-cook-off/feed/0Health Poverty Action launches new report on the failing War on Drugshttp://www.healthpovertyaction.org/news/health-poverty-action-launches-new-report-failing-war-drugs/
http://www.healthpovertyaction.org/news/health-poverty-action-launches-new-report-failing-war-drugs/#commentsThu, 26 Feb 2015 09:03:47 +0000http://www.healthpovertyaction.org/?p=14946Today Health Poverty Action has launched a report calling for the global development sector to rethink its approach to the failing War on Drugs. Entitled ‘Casualties of War: How the War on Drugs is harming the world’s poorest’, the report emphasises […]

]]>http://www.healthpovertyaction.org/news/health-poverty-action-launches-new-report-failing-war-drugs/feed/0Photography exhibition launched in Londonhttp://www.healthpovertyaction.org/news/photography-exhibition-london/
http://www.healthpovertyaction.org/news/photography-exhibition-london/#commentsThu, 19 Feb 2015 12:11:46 +0000http://www.healthpovertyaction.org/?p=14917Last night Health Poverty Action officially launched its photography exhibition, Health in Myanmar’s Margins, at the Brick Lane Gallery in east London. The exhibition provides a rare opportunity for the UK public to learn about poverty and health within the […]

]]>http://www.healthpovertyaction.org/news/photography-exhibition-london/feed/0Chinese Spring Festival is a huge hithttp://www.healthpovertyaction.org/news/chinese-spring-festival-huge-hit/
http://www.healthpovertyaction.org/news/chinese-spring-festival-huge-hit/#commentsFri, 13 Feb 2015 12:05:10 +0000http://www.healthpovertyaction.org/?p=14891Chinese New Year is on the horizon and to celebrate Ivy, a Chinese student from City University London, decided to organise a Chinese Spring Festival in order for fellow students to proudly share their culture with the wider community. The […]

]]>http://www.healthpovertyaction.org/news/chinese-spring-festival-huge-hit/feed/0Using theatre to end FGMhttp://www.healthpovertyaction.org/news/using-theatre-end-fgm/
http://www.healthpovertyaction.org/news/using-theatre-end-fgm/#commentsFri, 06 Feb 2015 17:53:50 +0000http://www.healthpovertyaction.org/?p=14882As the world observes the International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), Health Poverty Action has been busy highlighting this global unity to eradicate FGM within the small coastal town of Berbera, Somaliland – through a theatrical […]

]]>http://www.healthpovertyaction.org/news/using-theatre-end-fgm/feed/0Help make tax fairhttp://www.healthpovertyaction.org/news/help-make-tax-fair-2/
http://www.healthpovertyaction.org/news/help-make-tax-fair-2/#commentsTue, 27 Jan 2015 11:37:46 +0000http://www.healthpovertyaction.org/?p=14866Today we’ve teamed up with over fifteen other organisations including Oxfam, ActionAid and Christian Aid, to launch a campaign calling for a new law, a Tax Dodging Bill. We’ve all heard tales of corporate tax dodging. Here in the UK Amazon […]

]]>http://www.healthpovertyaction.org/news/help-make-tax-fair-2/feed/0Kent kicks off March for Mothershttp://www.healthpovertyaction.org/news/kent-march-for-mothers/
http://www.healthpovertyaction.org/news/kent-march-for-mothers/#commentsMon, 05 Jan 2015 12:23:16 +0000http://www.healthpovertyaction.org/?p=14735We would like to say a massive thank you to everyone who took part in the first ‘March for Mothers‘ walk of 2015 in Kent yesterday. 800 women die every day from preventable causes related to pregnancy and childbirth. News of […]